For those listening in from the United States today, Happy Thanksgiving! Today's extra special mini episode has absolutely nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but it does have to do with one of my favorite subjects--buried treasure. This treasure isn't just a legend, though. This one is proven to be real. But, almost forty years later, it's still missing.

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SOURCES

Archibald, John J. “Elves And Trolls Bury Treasures, Get In Some Digs.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), October 25, 1982. www.newspapers.com.

Baker, Billy. “An Unsolvable Puzzle? Try Digging A Little Deeper.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), October 26, 2019. www.newspapers.com.

“Byron Preiss.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, June 21, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Preiss.

Canuck, and Jim. “Mysterious Writings.” Treasure, Mystery, and Games, June 21, 2019. https://mysteriouswritings.com/found-treasure-in-search-of-the-secret-casque-series-six-questions-with-andy-abrams-on-finding-the-cleveland-casque/.

“Frequently Asked Questions.” The Secret A Treasure Hunt, July 3, 2021. https://12treasures.com/frequently-asked-questions/.

Kirsch, Jesse. “Chicago Treasure Hunter Retraces Steps.” ABC7 Chicago. WLS-TV, February 7, 2018. https://abc7chicago.com/grant-park-treasure-hunters-hunt-buried/3045078/.

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SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.